ConfederateCivil war timeline                                          Union

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


1860-Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president

 
 
                                                                 

 

1865-Abraham was assassinated

 
 
 

 

 

 


1850___________________________________________________ 1865___________________

1864-Robert E. Lee surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant in Richmond, Virginia ending the Civil War

 
 

1863- The Emancipation Proclamation was issued freeing slaves in the confederate
 

1854-The Kansas Nebraska Act is passed formally establishing two territories and bringing about popular sovereignty.

 
 
                                                               1860                                                                                                              1870

1870-15th amendment was passed allowing blacks the right to vote
 

1863-The Gettysburg Address was delivered by Abraham Lincoln

 
 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Works Cited:

 

Civil War Diaries. 1998. 05 Apr. 2004

 

Civil War Timeline. Serra Catholic. 5 Apr. 2004

 

Hoemann, George H. The American Civil War Homepage. 2004. 19 Apr. 2004
<http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/>.